charging stations through technology, but the lives like these, thousands waiting for buses in brooklyn, cars trying to inch back into the city and miles of motorists waiting for cash pushes at times, literally, to try and come back. >> recovering from it not going to be easy. but by working together we will recover and we will rebuild. our city's stronger than ever. >> reporter: strength they will need as so many struggle to survive. hundreds of thousands will likely be without power until next week, around the same time that forecasters say a strong winter storm could again blast this region. in toms river, new jersey, jay gray, news4. >>> in addition to limited transportation service, limited cell phone svice is now a problem in sandy's wake. the federal government said power outages and flooding have forced more than 20% of cell tower sites to shut down in ten northeastern states. that's led to millions of dropped cell phone calls. new york and new jersey have the largest number of outages right now. mobile cell phone carriers, including sprint, verizon and at&t say they're working